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The Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway purchased the former Canadian National line from Sydney to Truro Nova Scotia in 1994. As the coal mines and Sydney steel mill closed, traffic in Cape Breton has dwindled and CB & CNS has made two applications to abandon the line.
 

Main line freights train

At first main line freights were hauled by Alco\MLW C-630Ms, then GM GP50s arrived and later these were replaced by SD45s leased from Helm (sometimes paired with GP units. This video shows all these models of locomotives at work in various spectacular Cape Breton locations.

Local shunting and transfer operations have seen RS-18s, a GP18, GP9s of various configurations and liveries, leased GP15s and leased GP38s. Many of these units are seen at work both in the Sydney and Port Hawkesbury areas.